June 2016 Istanbul bombing

The June 2016 Istanbul bombing occurred at 8:40 AM on 7 June 2016 when a remote-controlled car bomb exploded next to a police bus in the Vezneciler district of Istanbul, Turkey. 7 police officers and 4 civilians were killed in the bombing, while 36 people were injured. Due to the target being a police bus and not explicitly a civilian target, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was believed to be behind the attack.

Attack
At 8:40 AM on 7 June 2016, a car on Shehzadebashi Avenue - next to the Faculty of Sciences and Literature of Istanbul University and a police station - was blown up by remote control as a police bus of the Cevik Kuvvet arrived for the changing of the guard. The explosion shattered windows for blocks, including the student dorms at the university and the historic Shehzade Mosque, and the police bus was overturned by the explosion. 7 Turkish police officers and 4 civilians were killed, and 36 people wounded (3 critically). Turkey immediately banned coverage of the bombing and investigated the crime scene, and some analysts blamed the Kurdistan Workers' Party due to their practice of targeting police and military targets (the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons {TAK} and Islamic State {IS} were known to indiscriminately attack high-population areas {soft targets}, not just government targets).